Grow Up! Depictions of Childhood in Literary Fiction

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In this generative creative-writing course, we will study the way child narrators and child protagonists are made real on the page through a close reading of authors such as Jesmyn Ward, Jeanette Winterson, Joy Williams, Ha Jin, Mariana Enríquez, Sandra Cisneros, Truman Capote, and others. Through experimentation and play, we will write short fiction pieces featuring different child narrators and protagonists. Intended output will consist of a portfolio of exercises, including at least one completed story. This course is suitable for students curious about creative writing and fiction but who do not know where to begin, as well as for committed creative writers looking for a lab to try something new and outside the box of a traditional workshop. Fiction Workshop